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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
exhibitionism
noun
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▪ Getting up and singing like that is pure exhibitionism.
Wiktionary
exhibitionism

n. 1 The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself. 2 (context pathology English) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.

WordNet
exhibitionism
  1. n. extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

  2. the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals [syn: immodesty]

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Exhibitionism

Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context those parts of one's body that are not normally exposed – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to groups of friends or acquaintances, or to strangers for their amusement or sexual satisfaction or to shock the bystander. Exposing oneself only to an intimate partner is normally not regarded as exhibitionism. In law, the act of exhibitionism may be called indecent exposure, "exposing one's person", or other expressions.

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We become focused on our emotional needs, using sex to express those needs, to gauge our compatibility and desirability, instead of allowing sex to release us from the daily rigors of adult concerns, fears, and obligations: In her practice, the Tigress allows for periods of engaging in mild exhibitionism, periods for flirting and showing off to acquire men, and periods for secret sexual interludes.

Not to be confused with public sex, which could get you arrested or at least seriously embarrassed, playful exhibitionism is about making the most of quick moments to stimulate the mind and get the heart pounding.

Something else that Kim tapped into is the thrill of exhibitionism and voyeurism, which figure dominantly in more than 80 percent of sexual fantasies.

Caught between dizzying shock at their display of exhibitionism and the uncomfortable realization that it had aroused the hell out of her to be so publicly claimed, Shea wrenched her eyes away from the young stud to see Ryan lift his cum-soaked fingers to his mouth.

The combination of fetishism and exhibitionism is not uncommon in the world of crossdressing.

Fetishism, infantilism, transvestism, sadism, exhibitionism, and frotteurism are among the more than forty recognized paraphilias.

There was a great deal wrong with the Rustic Slicker, and he, Bayard Lodge, knew the Rustic Slicker as he knew no other manknew the blood and guts and brains of him, knew his thoughts and dreams and his hidden yearnings, his clodhopperish conceit, his smart-aleck snicker, the burning inferiority complex that drove him to social exhibitionism.